Newcastle have welcomed club captain Jamaal Lascelles back to training, after the defender finally recovered from long Covid.
Lascelles was one of a number of players affected by Newcastle's recent squad outbreak, which got so bad that their Premier League fixture against Aston Villa had to be postponed.
Newcastle named Lascelles along with winger Allan Saint-Maximin as two players suffering from long Covid, as the club race to bring their stars back to full fitness amid a busy festive period.
It was confirmed on Thursday that the 27-year-old Lascelles has resumed light training, with photos emerging of him being put through his paces at the club's base.